Our 3-Step Escape Plan

  • First Escape Route
  • Second Escape Route
  • Meeting Place
Notes

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Your checklist

  • Get low

    Smoke is poisonous and more deadly than flames.

    If you breathe smoke for more than a few breaths it can kill you.

  • Be fast

    A house fire can kill you in less than three minutes.

    Don't spend time trying to save possessions.

  • Close doors

    A closed door buys you time.

    It slows down the spread of fire, giving you more time to get to safety.

  • Get out - stay out!

    People have died by going back into a fire.

    Don't leave the meeting place to go back inside for any reason.

Call emergency services as soon as you are out and safe. Ask for FIRE.

Clearly state your address and let the operator know it anyone is still inside or has not made it to the safe meeting place.

Emergency call 111 Emergency text 111
Fire & Emergency New Zealand

Titahi Bay fire update #1

Titahi Bay fire update #1

12 January 2024

Firefighters are responding to a vegetation fire in Titahi Bay, Porirua.

Fire and Emergency received a 111 call at about 11.04pm on Thursday night. The first crews were onsite at about 11.10pm.

Crews and specialist appliances from across Wellington have been called in to the incident.

As at 5.20am Friday morning, the fire is believed to have burned through about ten hectares of vegetation.

Two helicopters will be on scene from 6.00am to help fight the blaze.

Fire and Emergency advises the public to stay away from the area.

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